Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inJump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Institute for Public Policy Research has urged the government to extend National Insurance to older earners to ease growing fiscal pressures. A report by Oxford professor Ben Ansell warns that an ageing population will account for nearly 80 per cent of additional fiscal pressure on the UK by 2075. Proposed reforms include applying a 2 per cent National Insurance surcharge to pensioners and replacing council tax and stamp duty with a single property tax. The recommendations follow statements from Andy Burnham, who refused to rule out tax increases in the upcoming Budget due to the state of public finances. The IPPR argues that tax reform is necessary to protect younger workers from bearing an unfair share of the national tax burden. In fullPensioners should be taxed more to address rising costs of ageing population, Burnham toldMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Calls to tax pensioners more to boost Britain’s public finances
Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inJump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Institute for Public Policy Research has urged the government to extend National Insurance to older earners to ease growing fiscal pressures. A report by Oxford professor Ben Ansell warns that an ageing population will account for nearly 80 per cent of additional fiscal pressure on the UK by 2075. Proposed reforms include applying a 2 per cent National Insurance surcharge to pensioners and replacing council tax and stamp duty with a single property tax. The recommendations follow statements from Andy Burnham, who refused to rule out tax increases in the upcoming Budget due to the state of public finances. The IPPR argues that tax reform is necessary to protect younger workers from bearing an unfair share of the national tax burden. In fullPensioners should be taxed more to address rising costs of ageing population, Burnham toldMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
